Legal Opinion
Gulf, M. N. R. Co. v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 20, 1928No. 1 Div. 515PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.
Action by plaintiff under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act 1 for the death of her husband, the intestate. The fact that the deceased was an employe and was killed by one of the defendant’s trains while engaged in interstate business is uncontroverted, and the case went to the jury under counts 1 and 2, based on the simple negligence of the defendant’s servants in the operation of the train.
The following rule of the defendant was introduced, to wit: “They (meaning engineers) must obey signals promptly and, if in doubt as to the meaning of a signal, stop the train and ascertain its meaning.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. De AtleySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. EarnestSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. ProffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. MoserSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. ParkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931